A locus for simple pure febrile seizures maps to chromosome 6q22-q24.

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Febrile seizures (FS) syndromes exhibit major clinical and genetic heterogeneity. We report a clinical and genetic study of three families with simple FS segregating as an autosomal dominant (AD) trait with high penetrance. All affected members presented a homogeneous phenotype of simple FS. The FS ceased before the age of 5 years. Among the 29 affected family members, only one patient presented two afebrile...

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